I hear the term "Latinx" more often from commentators who are against it than anywhere else - and I'm a college professor. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1467878900025937920 …
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I suspect this is because the word "Latinx" doesn't piss you of, while complaints about it do.
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Or maybe because the complaints actually far outnumber other usage of the term?
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You clearly don’t listen to
@BrianLehrer on@WNYC. It’s the biggest show up here, and he uses it exclusivelyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I mean...the literal POTUS uses it. Why are we gaslighting?
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I almost never hear it in conversation, probably due to the pronunciation problem, but I often see it used earnestly in print. But hey, if the path to embracing inclusionary language that *isn't* inane ("Latin," "Latine") is a retcon where we pretend "Latinx" was never trendy…
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Yeah, it seems like a linguistic dead end.
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I hear it ALL THE TIME at monthly company town halls, recited by the senior leadership team.
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And yet the HR in companies still love it so much.
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